This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: URQUHART/FALCONER/FALKNER/STEEL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10117 Message Board Post: Can someone please tell me how the Scots named their children in the late 1700's-early 1800's? Did they name their first born son's after the birth father or the birth father's father, etc.? I'm trying to find out if my 3rd g-grandfather's middle name stands for his mother's maiden name or something else. Thanks bunches, Patsy